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Meaning of 'fatigue' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fatigue [ n.]
- Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.
- The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war.
- The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains.
- To weary with labor or any bodily or mental exertion; to harass with toil; to exhaust the strength or endurance of; to tire.

Meaning of 'fatigue' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fatigue [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something
Example in sentence:
  • after watching TV with her husband she had a bad case of football fatigue;
  • he was suffering from museum fatigue;
  • political fatigue;
  • the American public is experiencing scandal fatigue
Meaning (2):
- temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work
Example in sentence:
  • growing fatigue was apparent from the decline in the execution of their athletic skills;
  • he was hospitalized for extreme fatigue;
  • weariness overcame her after twelve hours and she fell asleep
Meaning (3):
- used of materials (especially metals) in a weakened state caused by long stress
Example in sentence:
  • metal fatigue
Meaning (4):
- labor of a nonmilitary kind done by soldiers (cleaning or digging or draining or so on)
Example in sentence:
  • the soldiers were put on fatigue to teach them a lesson;
  • they were assigned to kitchen fatigues
5 . fatigue [ v]
Meaning (5):
- lose interest or become bored with something or somebody
Example in sentence:
  • I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food
Meaning (6):
- exhaust or get tired through overuse or great strain or stress
Example in sentence:
  • We wore ourselves out on this hike

Nearby Words:

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  • Battle fatigue
    Battle fatigue is a state of psychological disorder, sometimes taking the form of a conversion hysteria, resulting from the exhaustion, stress and anxiety of warfare. It can usually be cured after the patient is removed from the scene of the battle.

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